-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 schoappied schrieb: > In this week I did my first video project on Linux. And besides the fact that > there are a lot of possibilities and changes for linux video, there is still > a long way to go imho.
> I used for about 5 different apps to get something done (e.g. synchronize > video and sound and get it on a dvd). I had to face apps who couldn't deal > with certain files formats and apps which contains a lot of bugs, some come > abroad after 5 hours work... you aren't alone! > Other apps where quite difficult to use, especially the powerful but > difficult commandline apps. Hi schoappied, yes, indeed, that sounds like a good proposal. Video handling on Linux really could benefit from "one central place" to watch. And, probably, this central place should not be tied to one of the applications or developer camps. > I don't have much experience with video editing on Linux. But I read a couple > of articles about it last week and it seems that linux video is not as good > as it should be... especially not for newbies. Regarding developers, Richard Spindler started a mailing list called "openvideo" and did a terrific job to bring together many of the core developers of the various projects. Indeed, the situation has much changed when compared to 2 or three years ago. We developers realized, there won't be just one application, but we all share the same common problems and can collaborate on the level of exchanging ideas, solution approaches or even library solutions. But, I think I'll be speaking for many developers when saying that my feeling is we have still some way to go and some hard work to do in order to reach such a level of integration which could be titled as "the next step for video on linux" > I think linux audio was in the same situation some years ago. I do work with > linux audio, so I know that situation better. They started a consortium for > linux audio users, developers etc. check www.linuxaudio.org Well, I think, having something comparable for video would be a good thing. But it probably can't be initiated by the developers of a specific application. They are too much focussed on the technical problems (which are exceptionally challenging especially for video). And, moreover, I wouldn't be surprised if we see the formation of several "camps" in the near future, for example the "ffmpegers", the "gstreamers", the "gmerliners" -- well, I am just just conjecturing here! So bottom line is: I think such an initiative should be started from the user's side, i.e. by advanced, interested and open minded users. I wouldn't expect the developers to start such a site. We have more then enough things to tackle sitting right in our code. :-) > I will send this email to the lists of Cinelerra, kdenlive, openmovieeditor > and kino. I'll also post a message in some IRC chatchannels... Hehe, excuse my shameless plug, but guessing from this list it seems you aren't aware of http://Lumiera.org . But anyway, as Lumiera is very closely related to cinelerra, we lumiera devs are hanging out here too ;-) Thanks for bringing up this topic Hermann Vosseler (aka "Ichthyo") -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJPDzZZbZrB6HelLIRAp69AKD3xe7UNV7bIbX/AphEsef9yLpRkwCgy54q ZGwYxY7P311mBl+IhoV8wWE= =QRJH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list Cinelerra@skolelinux.no https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
